In the offices of Interstellar Fleet Lunar Headquarters and Marshal Sanders, Lin Fan and four other people were standing in front of Saunders with serious faces.
"Commander of the Federation Interstellar Fleet First Fleet, Lieutenant General Lin Fan, performed outstandingly in this Oakes Empire offensive and made numerous military exploits. He is specially awarded the rank of General of the Federation!"
Saunders also had a look of emotion on his face after reading out the title order.
A 25-year-old general, this is also a record in the federation. It can be said that he is the youngest general in the history of Federation Year.
In the eyes of Saunders, Lin Fan's future achievements will definitely far exceed those of Liang Xingchen.
Holding the new shoulder title, Saunders came to Lin Fan and personally changed it for him.
"Congratulations, General Lin Fan!"
"Thank you Marshal!"
"No need to thank me, it's due to your own strength. Keep working hard!"
"Yes!"
Then, Liang Xue, Emma and Chris also received the title. After all, they were generals, so Saunders personally awarded the title.
Among them, Chris became a lieutenant general, Liang Xue became Major General, and Emma finally entered the ranks of generals and became a brigadier general.
The brigadier general was also made a reserve general of the Federation, but Lin Fan took this step directly back then, and became Major General once he became a general.
But this is a special case after all, Emma still has to start her journey to stardom as a brigadier general.
Saunders looked at the four Lin Fan, nodded with satisfaction, and then picked up another appointment from the desk.
"Due to the organizational reform of Interstellar Fleet, a new corps level has been added. Admiral Lin Fan is now appointed as Legion Commander of the federal Interstellar Fleet First Legion. It will be organized into twelve standard fleets with a total of 240,000 warships. The headquarters will be established at Horton!"
"At the same time, Horton will become a major military town. The Federation will not immigrate ordinary people here. Everything in this Star System will be handled by the Legion Commander and Lin Fan generals of Interstellar Fleet First Legion!"
"Finally, regarding the establishment of the legion, the former number one in the federation, Third Fleet, will be classified as First Legion, becoming the number one and Second Fleet under the legion. Among them, First Fleet, as Guard Fleet of Legion Commander, will still be Under the personal command of Admiral Lin Fan, the commander of Second Fleet will be Chris Rhodes. The remaining ten fleets will be completed within ten years. The selection of commanders will be submitted by the First Legion and reviewed and approved by Interstellar Fleet headquarters."
"These are the latest appointments. Are there any questions?"
"Report, no!"
"Very good, Third Fleet is already at Horton. You will set off tomorrow and go to Horton to meet him. After that, you can start the construction of the legion."
"Yes, Marshal!"
"Lin Fan, wait a minute, I have something else to tell you!"
Just when the four Lin Fan were about to exit the office, Saunders spoke again.
Liang Xue After the three of them looked at each other, they backed out very wisely. They understood that Marshal Saunders had something important to explain to Lin Fan alone!
"Lin Fan, your mission is very heavy, no more than Liang Xingchen's mission. The Federation needs an external channel, do you understand?"
"Understood, Marshal, don't worry, give me five years, I will win Kabart Empire!"
Lin Fan naturally understands what Saunders means. The current federal territory has two roads to the outside world, one of which is blocked by Io Federation, and the other is blocked by the Kabart Empire.
If the Federation wants to continue to develop, it must open one of the channels. Otherwise, even if it relies on Warp Drive Engine to cross these two civilizations and conquer new territories, it will be more difficult to rule because it is not connected to the mainland.
Io Federation must not be fought. It is a key part of increasing human population in the future. Wouldn't it be foolish to fight it?
Therefore, the only choice is Kabart Empire. For Lin Fan, it will take three years to supplement the establishment to 5 fleets, and another two years to destroy Kabart Empire, which is enough time.
"Okay, until you are ready, the Federation will maintain the deal with them. On the one hand, it will squeeze out the last of their resources, and on the other hand, it will reduce them to leave enough backup for you!"
"Understood!"
Ten minutes later, Lin Fan left Saunders's office, joined the other three, and set off back to Earth.
"I'm sorry, Chris! Originally, I wanted you to spend more time with your wife and daughter on Earth, but it seems that's not possible now. We will leave for Horton tomorrow!"
On Shuttlecraft returning to Earth, Lin Fan said to Chris.
"In that case, Legion Commander, and Alice can then move to Horton as military dependents!"
"That's no problem, but you and Alice both went to Horton. What will happen to your daughter? After all, Horton is a military town and there is no school!"
You must know that Chris's daughter Ava is still young, so you can't take Horton with her. It is a military town there, but there is no school for Ava to study.
"That's no problem. Ava has received the admission notice from the Interstellar Military Academy. She will enroll in school in two months. After she graduates, we will ask the commander to help recruit her to our legion!"
Chris said a little embarrassedly, after all, this is definitely a back door.
It's not that Chris wants to take any special care of her daughter, but she just hopes that the family can have more opportunities to be together.
"Okay, I agree to this! I will say hello to Dean Li Fulai, don't worry!"
"Thank you Legion Commander!"
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More than twenty days later, Lin Fan arrived at Horton with First Fleet.
As introduced before, Horton was once a military industrial center of the Oakes Empire. It has one Life Planet and a total of 42 Resource Star. It also has these three huge Asteroid Belts, each of which is dozens of times the size of Solar System Asteroid Belt, and the resources in it are richer.
Oakes Empire established a huge warship manufacturing base on Horton, consisting of countless Warship Production Line. Now these base groups are being transformed by a large number of Industrial Robots. It is expected that all the transformations will be completed in half a year. By then, this will become the most important military industrial base in the entire federation.
In addition to the battleship manufacturing base group, the Federation has also built a huge space scientific research city at Horton, located right next to the battleship manufacturing base group. The main person in charge is Lin Fan's old acquaintance, the Federation's chief scientist Bai Zixuan.
Today's Bai Zixuan is no longer as old as before after using the gene enhancement potion and Brain Development Potion.
The whole person looks like he is in his 40s. Not only is his physical condition much better than before, but his life span has been extended by at least 200 years. He is very high-spirited. There are even rumors that Bai Zixuan has recently changed his hair and is in love with a female scientist.
Regarding this matter, Lin Fan definitely supports it. After all, Bai Zixuan once never married a wife and had no children for scientific research. Now that he has this intention, it is naturally a good thing!
In short, Horton is now in an era of great construction. Every planet and every void is under construction.